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Stories of Jesus: Can They Be Trusted?
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Stories of Jesus: Can They Be Trusted?

Episode 61 • Featuring Peter J. Williams

What are we to make of the stories of Jesus recorded in the New Testament Gospels? Are they authentic accounts of his life and teaching, or collections of myths and legends that evolved over time? Shane discusses this with Cambridge New Testament scholar Peter J. Williams, principal of Tyndale House and author of Can We Trust the Gospels?


SHOW NOTES

Books
Can We Trust The Gospels? Peter J. Williams
The Surprising Genius of Jesus, Peter J. Williams
Is Jesus History? John Dickson
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction, Richard Bauckham
Jesus & The Eyewitnesses, Richard Bauckham
A Doubter’s Guide To Jesus, John Dickson
Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament, Daniel Wallace
Redating the New Testament, John A.T. Robinson
The Gospel of John: A Newly Discovered Commentary, J.B. Lightfoot

Articles
Questions About New Testament Manuscripts, Peter J. Williams
Why Are The Birth Stories of Jesus Different? Peter J. Williams
The Gospels as Authentic Testimony, Richard Bauckham
The Authenticity & Genuineness of the Fourth Gospel, J.B. Lightfoot
Is Luke a Trustworthy Historian? Sir William Ramsay
Outside the Gospels, What Can We Know About Jesus? Shane Rosenthal?
Scribes of the New Covenant, Shane Rosenthal
Authenticating The Fourth Gospel, Shane Rosenthal
Why Should We Believe The Bible? Shane Rosenthal
Simon of Cyrene: An Intriguing Archaeological Discovery, Shane Rosenthal

Video & Audio
Can We Trust the Gospels? Peter J. Williams (video)
New Evidence for the Gospels, Peter J. Williams (video)
Evidence for the Resurrection, Peter J. Williams (video)
Are the Gospels Reliable?, Peter J. Williams & Bart Ehrman (video)
Has the Bible Been Miscopied or Mistranslated? WHI #1377 with Daniel Wallace
Is John Late & Unreliable? Humble Skeptic #51 with Daniel Wallace
Are the Gospels History or Fiction? Humble Skeptic #52 with John Dickson
The Gospels As Eyewitness Testimony, Humble Skeptic #48 with Richard Bauckham
Fake or Authentic? Humble Skeptic #10 with Lydia McGrew
Faith & Proof, Humble Skeptic 7 with Mike Farley

The Tools & Rules of History
On Friday, November 8th, the Lanier Theological Library hosted a panel discussion at The Stone Chapel on The Tools and Rules of History: How Do We Know What Really Happened? This 90-minute session featured Gary Habermas, Shane Rosenthal, and David McIlroy and was moderated by Mark Lanier. This conversation was live-streamed and you can find the video here.

For More Info About Peter Williams & Tyndale House
Peter Williams is the principal of Tyndale House, which is a Cambridge-based research institute housing one of the world’s most advanced libraries for biblical scholarship. You can find them online at tyndalehouse.com.

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The Humble Skeptic
Shane Rosenthal was raised in a Jewish home but became an atheist at a very early age. Some years later, however, he ended up losing faith in atheism and converted to Christianity. On this podcast, he talks with people from a wide variety of worldviews and perspectives in order to explore the beliefs and ideas that shape our lives.